Authors
Damaru Prasad Paneru, Anushka Shrestha, Ganesh Dhakal, Nishchal Devkota, Rabina Thagunna, Muna Silwal, Kalpana Jnawali, Jagat Prasad Upadhyay, Chandra Prasad Acharya
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Hospital topics. Pages 1-9. Sep 06, 2026. Epub Sep 06, 2026.
Abstract
Biomedical waste management (BWM) is an essential element of health safety and environmental protection. Government of Nepal introduced the Health care waste management guideline-2014; however, its implementation remains inconsistent.
To assess knowledge of BWM and practices of Personal protection measures and waste filled containers management in hospitals of Kaski district, Nepal.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 252 Health professionals (HP) and Waste Handlers (WH) of 14 selected hospitals of Kaski, Nepal. Participants were selected using stratified sampling. Data were collected through interview and analyzed using IBM-SPSS 22. Descriptive statistics were applied.
Knowledge and practices were categorized based on Blooms Taxonomic classification. Only 2.2% of HP and 2% of WH had good knowledge of BWM. Majority (61.3%) of HP and WH (59.0%) had moderate knowledge while over one-third (HP-36.3% and WH-39%) had poor knowledge. Similarly, 5.3% HP and 19.2% WH had good practices; 72.7% of HP and 68.3% WH had moderate practices; and 22% HP and 12.5% WH had poor practices regarding BWM.
HP and WH have considerably poor knowledge on different dimensions of BWM. Meanwhile, there was better waste management practices with WH having better practices than HP. There needs continuous knowledge enhancement, practice monitoring and motivational interventions for safety.
PMID:
42701887
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 06 Sep 2026.
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